‘Drumming is the Boss’: According to the powwow singer who started off dancing!

Firstly, I need to reinforce a bias I have for drummers, as more than one are mentioned in this article: drummers get *gold stars*. I can’t always manage the gold part, but that’s what’s happening. I mention this because both *Clarence M. Wolf Leg* and his father are drummers from Siksika. and because I ask him why powwow music is so powerful, you are about to learn a bunch of new stuff, I guarantee!

Just like Clarence did.

“Long story short, I asked a similar question. I asked n an elder and a long time singer, probably over 10 years … Continue Reading >‘Drumming is the Boss’: According to the powwow singer who started off dancing!

From the Great Lakes to the Amazon River with the Third Coast Percussion Ensemble

When MUSICAlive! asks David Skidmore of the Third Coast Percussion Ensemble what instruments he’ll be playing when they premiere their “Paddle to the Sea” performance in Calgary (8:00 pm, April 8 at the Rozsa Centre), he goes on, and on, and on . . . listing 16 different instruments!
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